David McRedmond, who was the commercial director at Eir almost 15 years ago when the telecoms firm was called Eircom, is to return to the company as its non-executive chairman.

A third, institutional fund sale of a retail investment on the western section for Cork city’s main trading thoroughfare, St Patrick’s Street, is new to marekt.

The building that hosts Waterstones bookseller in Cork city centre is for sale for €6.25m, writes Property Editor, Tommy Barker. 

An Oscar-winning director has given his seal of approval to an aerial ace’s new book of stunning photographs of Cork from the air.

Over its long, 220-years of built history, Cork’s Lotamore House has seen generations of families come and go.

Revenues at the Irish arm of bookseller WH Smith hit record levels of €26.85m last year.

The CEO of retailer Waterstones said yesterday that book sales are enjoying a rejuvenation and “it is happy times for booksellers”.

Landmark city centre building in Cork on sale for €6.25m, writes Property Editor Tony Barker.

As it is the last week of 2016 I’ve taken my glass half-full tablets for this final column of the year.

A thoroughly modern love story.

Once upon a time - 2012, to be exact - a girl fell for the voice behind a corporate Twitter account - and she ended up marrying him.

Royal Mail expects the referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU to spur a short-term surge in sales as the postal operator delivers pamphlets for the both sides of the campaigns as well as mail-in ballots.

Boardgames are booming, vinyl sales are taking off, e-reader sales are slowing, and there’s a vogue for retro Nokias among hipsters. Are we ‘digitalled out’, asks Ed Power

IS THERE a market yet for a pub sale in Cork city, significantly over the €1m mark? A bar in an historic building, long associated with wine and spirits company Woodford Bourne, aims to find out, as the Woodford Bar comes to market seeking a new Bourne identity.

A tourist who became a Twitter sensation after he was locked inside a closed London bookshop for two hours declared "it feels good to be free".

For many people, bookshops conjure fond images of intimate readings, in-store cafés and delight at the discovery of a new author. Despite this, many high street bookshops are under threat thanks to the rising popularity of eReaders and online shopping.

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With Roy Keane’s autobiography flying off the shelves, early leaks have only served to whet public appetite for the book. 

Former world heavyweight champion boxer and convicted rapist Mike Tyson has been forced to scrap appearances in London after discovering he is banned from entering the UK.

So Amazon is working on using drones to deliver its products. Waterstones responds with O.W.L.S - the Ornithological Waterstones Landing Service.

A writer with a first draft is like a sculptor with a block of stone: the story is inside.

Morrissey’s memoir has outsold the latest Bridget Jones novel to top the best seller charts in its first week.

BUSINESSES can boost their profile on social networks once they get their “tone of voice” right, says David Levin, a professional tweeter in London.

JK Rowling’s crime debut has gone on to top sales charts after it emerged she had secretly written the novel under a false name.

One of the writers behind cult comedy 'Beavis and Butt-Head' has been shortlisted for a prestigious children's book prize.

Bosses at stricken retail chain HMV today said they were “convinced” they can secure a future for the business despite collapsing into administration after poor Christmas sales.

Entertainment store HMV has become the latest high street casualty as it called in administrators.

A PRIME, good-sized store on Cork City’s Patrick Street has come up to let via Savills, at a market-savvy rent, after being vacated during the summer by Mothercare.

The self-declared People’s Republic of Cork has joined an exclusive club of regions around the world to get their own version of the world-famous board game.

Troubled music retailer HMV slumped to a loss of £16.2m today, but said its recovery was on track as it ramps up sales of electronic devices.

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THE former Cork City premsies of Game, at 66 Patrick Street, has been put up for lease, three months after the retail chain went into administration, affecting over 2,000 jobs in the UK and Ireland.

Waterstones unveiled a partnership with the internet giant Amazon today in a move that will see it offer Kindle e-reading devices through its shops.

JK Rowling’s first book for adults will be a “blackly comic” tale about an idyllic town ripped apart by a parish council election.

JK Rowling’s first book for adults will be a “blackly comic” tale about an idyllic town ripped apart by a parish council election.

The Irish arm of bookseller Waterstones plunged further into the red last year after the company recorded impairment charges and store closure costs totalling €13.1 million.

CORK-BASED digital publisher ePub Direct has secured €1.3 million in equity funding.

HMV will today finalise the sale of its Waterstone’s book chain in a £53m (€60m) deal that should help it secure its immediate future.

STRUGGLING British entertainment retailer HMV is to sell its Waterstones book chain to a Russian billionaire, using the £53 million (€60.55m) proceeds to cut debt as it fights to stay in business.

THE new government has been urged to help Ireland’s literary industry survive by removing barriers to sales in the business — or face the prospect of mass bookstore closures.

SIPTU officials have met dozens of people facing redundancy at two Waterstones branches in Dublin.